Tongva

Tongva is an Uto-Aztecan language which was spoken in Southern
California, around Los Angeles (Yaanga) and on Santa Catalina Island. The
last native speakers are thought to have died in about 1900. However,
there are unverified reports of speakers surviving until the 1970s.
Tongva is also known as Gabrieleño.

Tongva was extensively documented by John Peabody Harrington
(1884-1961), a linguist and ethnologist who specialised in the
native languages of California. His work on Tongva was not
published, but was collected by the Smithsonian Museum's Bureau
of American Ethnology.

Since 2012 efforts have been made by the Tongva tribal council to
revive the language. They have set up classes, and the Gabrielino-Tongva
Language Committee has created Tongva grammar lessons and songs, and a
Tongva Facebook page.